Dressed as Vicious Stepmother raising Four cubs

chapter 26-30

Sure enough!
Lu Shixiu knew everything in her heart. She had a faint feeling before, that the little son of Zhang family was looking for herself to talk about the recipe for lo-mei.
But I didn't expect the other party to be so straightforward, and he didn't say a word of courtesy.
This made Lu Shixiu think that the other party was a little cute.
Deal with the old fox instead. Lu Shixiu loves to get along with this kind of people who don't know the world and have a heart of innocence.
Lu Shixiu thought for a while, "It's not that I can't sell it. I just don't know how Zhang Gongzi plans to buy it?"
Obviously Young Master Zhang had thought out the regulations in advance, and only then proposed to Lu Shixiu to buy the lo-mei formula.
Zhang Gongzi said: "I don't lie to the little lady. When doing business, there is no one who doesn't want to be bigger. We have three or four branches under the Yihe Restaurant. The old store is in Xieyang Town. But this year, the family wants to go to Shang'an County. Also opened a branch."
"The county is no better than the town, and everything can be sloppy. It needs to be carefully selected."
Zhang Gongzi retracted the folding fan in his hand and let out a loud "pop".
"Opening a restaurant, the most important thing is the signature dish!"
Speaking of his own restaurant, Young Master Zhang was full of pride. "Don't mention anything else, just say that our braised goat's hoof is a must-have famous far and near!"
Lu Shixiu pushed the peeled plate of melon seeds in front of Young Master Zhang.
"But the young man feels that the braised sheep's hoof is not enough to gain a foothold in Shang'an County. That's why he found me, did he?"
Young Master Zhang was quite excited when she saw what she was thinking of her.
"It's this reason!"
After finishing speaking, I was a little embarrassed.
"Today, firstly, it was because of the provocation of my two companions yesterday, which delayed the little lady's livelihood. I wanted to invite the little lady to have a meal. Secondly, I wanted to discuss the formula business with the little lady. I don't know if the little lady is willing. , Sell the recipe to our Jardine Restaurant."
Lu Shixiu smiled slightly, revealing two pears. She lowered her head and clapped the melon seed dander on her hands, and did not immediately answer.
Young Master Zhang was a little nervous and couldn't help but blame himself for acting recklessly.
Why do you have to make your own decision and find the little lady without discussing with your father and them first. Still thinking about greed, when can I change my temper?
Young Master Zhang secretly looked at Lu Shixiu, who was silent, and was up and down.
I don't know if the little lady thinks she is abrupt...Or she thinks she has too little weight to talk about?
Just as Young Master Zhang was startled, Lu Shixiu spoke up.
"This business can be done."
Young Master Zhang's eyes lit up.
"But the price, I'm afraid it's not that easy to say."
Lu Shixiu looked at Young Master Zhang with a smile, "I can guarantee that my lo-mei recipe is the only one. But I want to know how much Young Master Zhang wants to spend on buying it."
Zhang Xiaogong groaned and told the truth.
"I invited the little lady to my restaurant and bought the lomei you left today, just to let our chef Wang taste it. If the little lady is not busy, can you wait for a while? After lunch, I invite Chef Wang is here, let’s talk about the next ones."
Lu Shixiu certainly agreed.
Her lo-mei is no longer selling well, and it is naturally a good thing to be able to get a recipe now.
In addition to lo-mei, she can also make other foods to sell. Doesn't interfere with anything.
After dinner, Chef Wang came in, wiping his head sweating. After listening to Young Master Zhang's words, he couldn't help but take a high look at the young boss.
This is already so at a young age, knowing that it is planned for the family, it is completely unlike other dandy disciples.
It's really rare.
Then Chef Wang tasted Lu Shixiu's lo-mei.
"Good! This taste is better than the braised goat's hooves I prepared!"
Chef Wang winked at Young Master Zhang, "Young Master has a unique vision!"
Then he asked Lu Shixiu, "How much is the little lady going to charge?"
Chef Wang thought in his heart that this exclusive formula would not be too much for a dozen silver. After all, in the cooking industry, there are more big pots of rice, but less unique skills.
Lu Shixiu also didn't plan to ask the price wildly, "If it's a fancy, you can get eight taels of silver."
This price is less than what Xiao Gongzi Zhang and Chef Wang thought.
The two got up from their chairs excitedly.
"Eight taels of silver?!"
They glanced at each other, and they didn't expect that Lu Shixiu would quote such a low price.
Lu Shixiu said with a smile: "I can, but there is more than one lo-mei recipe. If you want to think about it, your shop in Shang'an County has more than one lo-mei on its signature."
Chef Wang remembers the recipes of the branch that has not yet opened in Shang'an County. He had long felt that a braised sheep's hoof alone would not be able to gain a firm foothold in Shang'an County. Indeed, as Lu Shixiu said, the more unique skills, the better.
"That little lady means long-term cooperation? You provide prescriptions."
Lu Shixiu nodded, "That's right. Naturally, this stew recipe is more than eight taels of silver. I just show you my sincerity first."
Chef Wang and Young Master Zhang looked at each other.
Chef Wang said: "This is a matter of course. But we still have to discuss with the big boss. If the little lady comes to the restaurant tomorrow, we should discuss it together?"
Lu Shixiu nodded, "Naturally. To show my sincerity, I won't sell lo flavour tomorrow."
Chef Wang is the head of the back chef, so he is naturally more curious than Young Master Zhang what Lu Shixiu will sell. "I don't know what the little lady is going to sell tomorrow?"
Lu Shixiu smiled slightly, "Egg pancakes."
Chef Wang is a little confused, he knows eggs, he knows pancakes. But what is the two together. He just doesn't know at all.
"I implore the little lady to bring a copy when she comes to the restaurant tomorrow, so that we can try it."
Lu Shixiu naturally agreed.
After the two sides negotiated, Lu Shixiu came out of the restaurant.
She went to the grocery store again to buy the small stove and two small shovels for tomorrow's egg pancakes. And put all these in the doctor Zhang's hospital.
After working for most of the day, he set foot on the road back to the village.
Lu Shixiu didn't notice at all, a man followed behind him.
This man is Qingluan.
He changed his usual Tsing Yi dress and changed into a peasant man's clothes. Followed Lu Shixiu, who came out of the Yihe Restaurant, and got in the bullock cart to Xiaoli Village.
The woman who had something good on the road saw that Qingluan was born, and she asked, "This little brother was born very well. I don't know which village it is from? Whom to go to our Xiaoli Village?"
Qingluan has a good appearance, and there are several girls in the car who are thinking about whether he has married.
Qingluan smiled at everyone with a good temper, "I am on the other side of the mountain, and I am coming to Xiaoli Village today to leave relatives."
"Leave relatives? Where do you go relatives?"
"Zhang's."
Lu Shixiu turned her face in surprise. Originally, she thought that there was nothing wrong with Qingluan, who knew that she was here for her.
Lu Shixiu looked at Qing Luan, who looked nothing like a farmer, and heightened his vigilance.
"I don't know what the younger brother is looking for?"
Qingluan sneered in her heart, but her face looked silly.
"My old lady asked me to deliver food to your house. Didn't the little lady forget. Your man is still on the other side of the mountain!"
Lu Shixiu frowned. I never heard that Zhang Ruirong has other relatives.
Didn't he suddenly appear in Xiaoli Village? How come there are relatives?
Even if there is, why haven't we seen each other for so many days? Even the original Lu Shixiu, while living the hardest life, did not help. On the contrary, now the family conditions are better, and I have come here to help.
No matter how you look at it, there is something strange. 
Lu Shixiu stared at Qingluan and shook her head slowly.
"My dead ghost never told me. Why, our two families are still kissing?"
Qing Luan smiled and pointed at herself.
"I'm the younger brother of the little lady Langjun. Regarding seniority, I have to call the little lady a sister-in-law."
Qingluan sat in the ox cart that was driving, and awkwardly said to Lu Shixiu, "Good day, sister-in-law."
Lu Shixiu raised her hand to stop, "Why is the sister-in-law not the sister-in-law? I haven't figured out the relationship yet. I can't accept this courtesy."
Qingluan smiled and said: "Is there anything I dare not to bear. My eldest brother was so angry that he came out of the house alone. I didn't even talk to my family about marrying a wife and having children. The old lady knew how hard your wives were, but she was wholehearted. Remembering my elder brother's anger, he just didn't want to help. I have suffered from my sister-in-law and a few nephews and nieces."
Lu Shixiu said indifferently: "There is nothing bitter or not, everything that should be past has passed. Now our family is doing well. There is no need for the old lady and you to worry about it."
Qingluan smiled, "What did the sister-in-law say. How can the family say two things. If we don't help our own family, who else can we help?"
The women watching the theater around praised Qingluan.
"That's right. It's a matter of course for my family to help my family."
"This little brother is just as handsome as his brother! Is there a date at home? If not, my niece would be fine. Would you like to meet him this time and take a look."
"Come on, your niece is not as good as my niece!"
Lu Shixiu watched Qingluan's face become redder, and he didn't even mean to help him.
Yesterday, when I met my two companions at the Yihe Restaurant, he was there. If you really belong to your own family, why not come up to confess your relatives when you are most critical? Do you have to climb relatives today?
Lu Shixiu inherited the memory of the original body, and was a little vague about Zhang Ruirong's appearance. But she dared to pack the ticket, Zhang Ruirong and the man in front of him had no similarities in appearance.
Lu Shixiu was determined, there must be fraud in it.
Maybe they are the eyeliner of a competitor of Jardine Restaurant.
Anyway, I must not take it lightly.
At the entrance of the village, Qingluan and Lu Shixiu went home.
Lu Shixiu didn't say a word, nor stopped. She knew it couldn't stop it. I must go through this experience.
Zhang's family is far away from the village entrance. It was embarrassing for two people not to speak on the road.
Lu Shixiu took the initiative to ask, "What's the last name of my little brother? I said it was a relative, but I didn't even know your name."
Qing Luan responded casually: "My family calls me Xiao Qingzi. Sister-in-law also calls me like this."
"Little Qingzi." Lu Shixiu paused, "How many people are in your family?"
Qingluan smiled and scratched his head, "Look, the eldest brother didn't even say this to his sister-in-law. In addition to the old lady, there are a dozen people in the family. The eldest brother is the eldest son and grandson, so he is especially valued by the old lady."
"Then your brother—my dead ghost, why did he come out of the house alone?"
Lu Shixiu threw the question very carefully.
Qingluan smiled, "Hey, it's not the idea. The old lady gave the eldest brother a marriage. The eldest brother is not happy, and the old lady broke up. Didn't this just run out?"
"But it turns out that my eldest brother has fallen in love with his sister-in-law. No wonder she looks down on her. Looking at her sister-in-law, you know that it's not from an ordinary family."
Lu Shixiu smiled charmingly, "You are wrong about this. I am not your eldest brother's original match."
She pulled the shredded hair from the sideburns behind her ears.
"I am the stepmother he bought back."
Qing Luan was a little embarrassed, "Ah... so it was."
He carefully confirmed to Lu Shixiu, "I heard people say that my sister-in-law wanted to sell all of my nephews? It should be a lie? My sister-in-law is so capable and smart. Selling children."
Lu Shixiu said indifferently: "Naturally, I was thinking about it. What year is it now? I couldn't survive the disaster year, so I naturally wanted to sell the child."
Lu Shixiu sighed: "I've been a confused person. This kind of thinking will never get up again. Now our family of five has a good life. We will be well in the future."
Qingluan made a note of Lu Shixiu in his heart.
This is a woman who has thought about selling off the little masters. Never let her have anything to do with the master.
As soon as he walked to the door, Lu Shixiu heard the noise of several children coming from the house.
She left Qingluan and strode into the house.
Sibao, who was held by a gray-haired old lady, saw Lu Shixiu at a glance.
She leaned forward to Lu Shixiu desperately, teardrops falling without money.
"Mother! Mother!"
When Dabao and Erbao heard it, they rushed to Lu Shixiu.
"Mother! This old lady is going to take us away! We won't go."
Lu Shixiu sternly asked the old lady to put down the Four Treasures, "Whose old lady are you? What's the matter of coming to my house to grab the child?"
Turn around to protect Dabao and Erbao behind him.
This behavior surprised Qing Luan a bit.
He did not expect that Lu Shixiu would actually protect the child and not let the child go.
Originally Qingluan thought that Lu Shixiu was anxious that someone would take the child away. She is in her youth and her looks are outstanding. Remarrying is not difficult.
The old lady stretched her face and turned around, with a mouthful of yellow teeth, "You are the daughter-in-law bought by Rongyao? Look at how you have raised your four children! One by one is hungry into pickles!"
"Today, I have to take away my great-grandchildren and granddaughters! I can't let them just follow you and endure hardship like this!"
Sambo, who was led by the old lady, retorted loudly: "We didn't endure hardship with our mother! Our family is doing well now! We have food and meat every day!"
There was a greedy look in the old lady's eyes, "Every meal has food and meat? That's daring! I'm staying here now. So I can ask you to entertain my old lady."
She sternly said to Lu Shixiu: "It doesn't make sense that my grandson-in-law doesn't respect the milk! You hurry up, go and cook some dishes for me. Old lady, I climbed the mountain and I was tired for most of a while."
Lu Shixiu asked Qingluan with a sullen face, "Little Qingzi, is this your milk?"
Qing Luan nodded awkwardly.
This is the old lady he paid for to act. I wanted to take the few masters away directly while Lu Shixiu was away. I never thought that people with shallow eyelids actually fell in love with the meat of Lu Shixiu's family.
Qingluan couldn't help scolding the old lady in his heart.
Isn't the money she gave her not enough to eat meat? !
Lu Shixiu walked to the old lady's side, relying on her youth and strength, took the Four Treasures back into her arms.
"Milk wants to eat meat, my family will naturally entertain. But I have to take my child away. That is absolutely impossible!"
The old lady sneered, took a horse, and sat down at the door.
She didn't believe it, because she still couldn't cure this little lady!
Sambo pushed away the old lady vigorously, and ran back to Lu Shixiu.
When Lu Shixiu saw that his wrist was pinched, he was distressed.
"My mother will give you medicated wine to wipe it off. Seeing this little hand is green, it's almost purple."
Lu Shixiu didn't believe that this was Zhang Ruirong's milk at all.
How can there be such a careless baby's milk in this world!
Lu Shixiu told the four children to stay away from the old lady and play at the kitchen door. He suffocated himself and went into the kitchen, and decided to entertain the old lady.
People are too old to speak.
Lu Shixiu decided to make a table of "hard dishes", so that the old lady not only couldn't eat, but also broke her teeth! 
The fire under the stove was burning, and there were two pots on the stove. Brown rice is simmered in a pot, and fried golden and crispy soybeans are placed in a pot.
Lu Shixiu sprinkled a pinch of salt on the golden, crispy soybeans fried in bean coats, and served them out to a large plate.
She divided two bowls out. A bowl is prepared as tomorrow's snacks for the children. One bowl is intended to be sent to Aunt Zhang.
Aunt Zhang lives close to Zhang's home and is a woman who has been married into the village for decades. Lu Shixiu felt that Zhang Ruirong's origins might be known to her.
Before going to see Aunt Zhang, Lu Shixiu took the medicated wine specially and called the Three Treasures.
"Hold it up, mother will rub it for you."
Lu Shixiu lifted Sambo's sleeves and found that his pinched wrists had begun to turn purple. Her eyes are a little sour.
My own children are reluctant to hit them.
If it's really a kid's breast, how can he be cruel? !
Lu Shixiu thought about it, no matter what the identities of the two people who came to the family today were. She wants them to look good!
Lu Shixiu felt that the two of them were more likely to be the one called Xiaoqingzi who had been staring at him in Xieyang Town.
Just leave a little snack, and you know that she is a widow with a child.
Lu Shixiu squinted, afraid that the family was not here to pat Huazi.
Want to grab your own child? ! I don't even look at the almanac when I go out, I must expose their identities!
Lu Shixiu put down Sambo's sleeves and coaxed the crying Sambo with fried soybeans for a while.
"Okay, okay, so it won't hurt tomorrow."
Lu Shixiu forced a smile on her face and patted Sambo's head, "We Sambo are big men, so we don't cry."
Sambo sniffed and let out a loud "um".
"It's a dear mother."
Lu Shixiu let several children stay in the kitchen temporarily and told them to be careful of the fire on the stove.
"Mother will leave the lock down after a while. Don't move things, be careful of getting hurt."
Sibao asked, "Where are you going, mother? Sibao is afraid!"
The little girl's golden peas fell off, "There are bad guys, the Four Treasures are afraid."
"The Four Treasures are not afraid, brothers will protect you! Mother must have something to go out, and I will be back soon."
At the critical moment, Dabao stood up. Although he was holding a small dagger around his waist, his hands were still shaking. But he is the eldest man in the family, and he must shoulder the burden of taking care of his younger siblings when his mother is away.
"Mother, go busy. I have me at home."
Lu Shixiu smiled and was pleased. "Mother, go to Aunt Zhang's house and give a bowl of fried soybeans. I'll be back soon, okay?"
Sibao was led by Dabao and nodded.
Still not forgetting to say: "Mum, you have to come back soon, Sibao is hungry."
"Little greedy cat, mother knows."
Lu Shixiu took the bowl of fried soybeans and turned around out of the kitchen. In front of Qingluan and the old lady, he lowered the lock, ignored them, and went straight out of the house.
Qingluan couldn't unlock the lock, looking at the kitchen and worrying.
Zhang Lu, this vicious woman! How can we lock all the little masters in the kitchen!
What if there is an accident? !
Qingluan was irritated and said to the old lady next to him dissatisfiedly: "Why are you so slow? Didn't I ask you to take the four children away from home when Zhang Lu was away? I will naturally go there. To meet you."
The old lady curled her lips. "That would have to be coaxed by them. One by one, they are all like human spirits. I can't coax any of them. A half-old boy has the same strength as a mature man. Where can I get it? move."
She held her waist, "My old waist almost didn't break it! You can add more money later! This counts as medical money."
Qing Luan waved his hand, "Money is not a problem, as long as you can bring the child out, you can say anything."
Qing Luan's remarks made the old lady feel a little embarrassed.
On weekdays, she earns money for acting for a living. But it still has its own bottom line.
On this trip, Qingluan promised her two taels of silver. It is also said to be a simple task, as long as the child is brought out.
The old lady thought it was easy, but who knows, when she arrived in Xiaoli Village, she realized that it was not easy at all.
And now she felt that she seemed to have met Paihuazi. I took a fancy to the widow and there is no man in the family, so I came to steal the child!
The old lady's legs trembled, wishing to slap herself severely.
Asking you to open your eyes for the money, why don't you think about it.
Why do they charge such a high price? Why don't you think about it, why do they want children?
It's all right now. I got on the thief ship and couldn't escape. If you bite the bullet, you have to help others to steal the child out.
Otherwise, isn't this just stealing the chicken and losing the rice?
No matter how Qingluan scolded herself for treating a few children harshly, Lu Shixiu didn't know.
She went all the way to Aunt Zhang's house and knocked on the door.
Aunt Zhang opened the door to see her, a little shocked, "Why are you here?"
Lu Shixiu said with a smile: "It's not a good thing to fry a bowl of soybeans at home. But thinking about my aunt, bring some for my aunt."
Aunt Zhang quickly stepped aside and asked Lu Shixiu to come in.
Aunt Zhang took the soybeans, filled them in her own bowl, and asked, "You came to me for something, right?"
She tugged at Lu Shixiu, "Today a face-to-face old lady came from the village and went all the way to your house. What's the matter?"
Lu Shixiu hurriedly nodded, "I'm here for this. The old lady said it was the milk of my dead ghost, but I didn't have the least impression. When I got home, I saw her running outside with her four children. She also took the Three Treasures. His hands are squeezed green."
"If this is really milk, I am willing to treat children like this? Who doesn't treat a grandchild as a treasure?"
Lu Shixiu said, her eyes were red.
Aunt Zhang became more and more angry when she listened, "I pinched her hands? The lady listened to my persuasion, this is definitely not your family's milk!"
Aunt Zhang told Lu Shixiu the ins and outs of Zhang Ruirong.
"Your man came to our Xiaoli Village ten years ago. When he came, he was embarrassed and didn't remember anything. He never mentioned that he was from the other side of the mountain. For ten years, he started from scratch and lived in Xiaoli Village. It can be considered to have bought a family business."
"You want to say that he is from Niutou Village, so why haven't you seen someone come here for ten years? Lady, do you think this is the reason?"
Lu Shixiu nodded, "I feel the same way. But there is no evidence that people are not. Now I can only entertain people with delicious food."
Aunt Zhang shook her head slowly, "You can't do this, they are here to fight the autumn wind!"
When Lu Shixiu came this time, he asked Aunt Zhang for an idea, to see what he could do next.
People's reputation is on their lips, and you can't drive them out of the house recklessly. At that time, the rumors were all the same, and I couldn't clear it when I jumped into the Yellow River.
Aunt Zhang clapped her hands, "You will toss her. People can't stand the toss, so naturally they leave."
She ran on to watch Lu Shixiu, "You can count as this in our Xiaoli Village."
She gave a thumbs up.
"You can't handle an old lady, the hot lady of the Zhang family? Even that kid is not your opponent! Don't worry, just go. I will invite the village chief and Lizheng to come home for you."
Lu Shixiu said "Hey", "Then trouble Auntie."
The two negotiated, and Lu Shixiu hurried home.
She was also thinking about the children who were locked in the kitchen by herself. 
Several children pulled on the window bars and stared at the door where Lu Shixiu left. Qing Luan, who was scratching his ears and cheeks, became more uncomfortable looking at the appearance of the little masters.
If the person you hired is reliable and can bring the little masters out earlier, there won't be so many things afterwards!
Qingluan smiled and walked over, trying to get close to the children.
But from the eyes of several children, he saw the dazzling, vigilant heart towards himself.
Qing Luan was a little frustrated. He doesn't know why this is. Obviously, I want to take the little masters to enjoy the glory and wealth, so I don't have to stay in such a place and endure hardships. But the little masters don't appreciate it at all.
In particular, she was wholeheartedly thinking about the cruel and vicious stepmother who once wanted to sell them.
Qingluan thought for a while, and thought it might be because the child was still young, so he was ignorant. As long as they treat them better, they will immediately lose their grudges.
Qing Luan encouraged herself. What Zhang Lu can do, can't he Qingluan do it?
Who am I? Who is Zhang Lu?
Under this circumstance, is there still something about him Qingluan?
does not exist!
Qingluan asked several children: "My sister-in-law...your mother, how are you treating you?"
Er Bao answered first: "My mother is very good to us!"
He knew what the bad guy in front of him wanted to do. I must be trying to trick them away from my mother.
Humph, he won't let him succeed.
Qing Luan was choked by Er Bao's answer.
He then asked: "Is it really good?"
Qing Luan asked persuasively: "I heard that your mother once wanted to sell you!"
The old lady at the side listened to it, and immediately slapped her leg and started acting.
"It's okay! This is the opposite! Who gave her the courage? To sell my precious great-grandchildren?!"
The old lady burst into tears and snorted, "God damn it, this widow without a man is so cruel! I want to sell the child! Even if the family is sad, I can't do that!"
Some children said something sour in their hearts.
Although the mother is really good to them now. But the mother really wanted to sell them.
At this time, Sibao retorted loudly: "My mother used to want to sell us. That's right. But now my mother is getting better, and my mother is trying to make the family feel better! You want to trick us away from my mother, so you guys. It's a bad guy!"
"Mother is not bad at all!"
These words were spoken by the youngest Four Treasures, but they were the most shocking. Even Qingluan was stunned.
On the contrary, the old lady became more frustrated and courageous, "If your mother is really good to you, how can you lock you in the kitchen and not let you out?"
Sibao was about to refute, and was pulled by Erbao—he heard movement in the direction of the door, and it might be that Lu Shixiu was back.
At the same time, Erbao was also afraid that the Four Treasures would make many mistakes. If the mother is not there, it is better for them to say less.
As soon as Lu Shixiu stepped into the house with her front foot, the old lady who could not wait with her back foot greeted her.
The old lady was very upset, "How can you be a mother?! Just lock the child in the kitchen like this, and I'm not afraid of something wrong!"
Lu Shixiu sneered in her heart. You squeezed my child's hands, and there are five of them pretending to be here?
Who are you lie to!
Lu Shixiu's face didn't show up, and she said: "I was negligent. I forgot that the child was still in the kitchen."
The old lady looked a little better now, "Hurry up, let the child out of the kitchen."
If you don't let people out, how can you coax your children to go with you?
Lu Shixiu took the key from her waist and opened the kitchen door.
The four children inside had long been pulling the window bars, and seeing Lu Shixiu coming to open the door, they stood still in front of the door. As soon as the door opened, he immediately surrounded him. They were holding Lu Shixiu, and their grievances had a place to spread.
"Mother, why are you back so late? Three treasures and four treasures miss your mother so much!"
Lu Shixiu coaxed: "Mother just went to Aunt Zhang's house, isn't this coming back soon. Alright, alright, let's have dinner, okay?"
As soon as the old lady heard the words "open meal", her eyes lit up.
"Yes, yes, the children are hungry. It's time for dinner. Look, you lazy lady. We are in Niutou Village, but you are not so lazy! I don't know what my dear grandson is after you. I'm actually married to you as a stepmother."
"Leave the child locked in the kitchen, even the meal is so late! If this starves my precious great-grandson and great-granddaughter, it will be up to you to pay for it!"
Lu Shixiu was dull and put the dishes he cooked on the table.
When I was finished, she said to the children who were waiting eagerly: "Wash your hands and eat."
Dabao responded and led the three younger siblings to scoop up water to wash their hands by the water tank.
Then I sat down to eat at the table.
The old lady was stern, but she was happy in her heart. Unexpectedly, coming over to do this thing by myself, I can even hit the autumn wind again.
But when she saw the food in front of her, her eyes almost fell off.
A plate of fried soybeans, a bowl of braised bamboo shoots. The only thing her old tooth can eat is a dish of boiled edamame.
Not only was the old lady dumbfounded, even Qing Luan was stunned.
The old lady couldn't bear it, she jumped up when she fell the chopsticks.
"Where's the meat? Where's the meat!"
Lu Shixiu said indifferently: "There is no man in the family, and it is very poor. Where does the meat come from?"
She slowly picked up a piece of bamboo shoots, and bit them crisply.
"What? This dish doesn't taste good? Not as good as milk?"
Er Bao immediately chewed the bamboo shoots, "How could it be? My mother's food tastes the best. If you say it's not delicious, your tongue must be broken!"
Although Sibao is young, his mouth is very good. She, who was just greedy, had secretly eaten some golden and crispy fried soybeans long before Lu Shixiu came back.
Eating too much beans tends to fart. The little girl was holding back, sitting on Lu Shixiu's legs and writhing, rather embarrassed.
The old lady didn't bother to see a few children, and she didn't have a good time to pick things up. She had to have the only bowl of boiled edamame that she could bite.
Fortunately, the old lady was thankful that Lu Shixiu was not conscientious enough, and remembered to make a bowl that she could eat. Otherwise, she might be hungry tonight.
But these beans, eat too much. It can fart!
Sibao had been taking it seriously, but the old lady couldn't help it when she was getting older.
An earth-shattering fart rang out loudly at the dinner table.
There was silence on the table.
I don't know who was the first to laugh out loud, so Sibao couldn't help it and let out a small fart.
The little girl knew she was embarrassed, she held her flushed face, and smiled and pointed at the flushed old lady.
Lu Shixiu suppressed a smile, still letting a few treasures eat.
"Don't just laugh, be careful and don't be hungry." 
A meal swept away the original unhappiness.
After the meal, Lu Shixiu made an excuse to take the child to the neighbor's house next door to eat. Carrying a basket, carrying the child, he ran away.
Qing Luan couldn't stop even trying to stop. I had to follow them quietly and see what was going on.
Lu Shixiu took the children to the foot of the mountain not far away.
She took out the braised chicken wrapped in oil paper and half a braised duck from the basket. There are also some cold dishes without soup.
"I didn't have a good meal just now, let's start a small stove now! Have a good meal!"
Qing Luan's heart was relieved at once.
He thought that Lu Shixiu did not want to take the children away, or that he wanted to take the children to do other bad things.
As for what Lu Shixiu can do with the child. Qing Luan couldn't think of it, he felt that Lu Shixiu was definitely not a good person. What can be done is not a good thing.
However, his appearance tonight has changed him a little bit.
Qing Luan didn't expect that Lu Shixiu would take the children out for a snack.
Thinking about the meal that I had just eaten, Qingluan still felt that her teeth were dying, and she ate so many beans. His stomach is still grunting now.
Sibao ate the fragrant chicken Baixiang that his brothers gave her, and his mouth was full of chicken fat.
She asked Lu Shixiu, "Mother, when does our extra meal come to an end? Sibao wants to eat at home and doesn't want to secretly eat it."
Sambo hurriedly said: "What do you know! I steal it out to eat, it's incense! So that all the bad guys can't see it! I can't eat the delicious food that my mother made!"
As he said, he secretly looked at Lu Shixiu. Some were afraid that she would be unhappy because of Sibao's words.
Sambo is now very rare of his own mother. I hope my mother will be happy every day. This kind of mother is much better than the previous mothers.
Er Bao said: "When my mother drove away the bad guys, we will be able to eat at home in peace."
Lu Shixiu nodded, "Er Bao is right. When my mother drove away those pats, we will be safe."
Sibao didn't understand what Paihuazi was, so Sambo had to explain it to her.
"Paihuazi is here to grab us and sell it!"
Sibao was so frightened that he felt that the chicken in his hand was not fragrant anymore.
"Then they are very bad guys!"
Sibao waved his small arms like lotus roots, "Mother must hurry them off. We must not follow Paihuazi."
Lu Shixiu comforted: "My mother told Aunt Zhang, I will ask Lizheng and the village chief to come over tomorrow. At that time, they will recognize the true colors of saboteurs and drive them away from the village!"
Only then did Sibao settle down and happily continued to nibble on his own chicken.
It seems that Brother Sambo made sense, secretly eat it out, so that the bad guys don't see it. My mother made it delicious, and it tasted especially fragrant.
Qing Luan, who had hidden his figure, listened to the words of the mother and son.
He was angry and funny in his heart.
Why did you become a slapstick?
Even if the old lady I invited was a paihuazi, she wouldn't be a pahuazi!
He just wanted to pick up the little masters.
Soon, he heard Dabao's voice again.
"Mother, you don't know. When you went out in the afternoon, the man named Xiaoqingzi came to coax us. He asked us to open the door from the inside and follow him. He also asked us about my mother."
Qing Luan felt a "cock" in his heart. He forgot this, and he didn't expect the little masters to tell Lu Shixiu about it.
It's all right now. Under Zhang Lu's coaxing, the little masters must be even more reluctant to go with them.
Unexpectedly, Lu Shixiu didn't speak at all. But silently thinking about this strange thing that I encountered.
Lu Shixiu always felt that this man named Xiaoqingzi was a bit weird.
The first is the body shape, as if I had seen it in Xieyang Town.
The second is his face, which always feels a bit different from the real person. But where the specifics are different, she can't tell.
Lu Shixiu suddenly slapped her legs cleverly.
Disguise!
If so, it makes sense.
This person, and the old lady, I'm afraid Pat Huazi didn't run away.
Paihuazi is wanted by the government all the year round, so he has to escape the hunt easily. The appearance of the old lady is easy to deceive children, so she is a very good helper.
Lu Shixiu estimated that this is the first time the two have worked together. If you want to shoot a flower, you must take a shot and change a place to cheat. This old lady was hired to help with money this time.
Lu Shixiu squinted her eyes and hugged the burped Four Treasures, feeling that she had guessed eight or nine.
In fact, it was indeed the same as Lu Shixiu guessed.
The only difference is that Qingluan's identity is something that Lu Shixiu could not have imagined.
Lu Shixiu waited for the children to eat and drink, and after finishing packing, they were by the stream again, washing their faces and hands clean. Make sure there is nothing left, then go back.
When I arrived home, the old lady who was alone at home jumped there.
"Deadly lazy lady, why don't you arrange a place to sleep when your milk comes home!"
Lu Shixiu glanced at Datongpu—that's where he usually sleeps with the children.
It seems that this old lady is used to living in a single room, so she is not happy to sleep in the Chase at all. Or just missed it at all.
Lu Shixiu was sure that they were stunners, and they didn't give anyone a good face at all.
"Our family is very poor, and there is only a shop. The milk is coming, I'm afraid this shop can't sleep."
Lu Shixiu turned around and said to Qing Luan who didn't know when he appeared behind them: "Tonight, you will be here. Only the firewood house in our house can make do with the sleeping person."
"Or trouble Xiaoqingzi, you sleep in the yard? I don't know if it will rain this day."
Qing Luan didn't want to be unhappy, and immediately took the old lady who had stretched an old face to the firewood room.
"The firewood room is good, it can keep out the wind and rain. My sister-in-law doesn't have to clean it up for us, we can do it ourselves."
Qingluan really doesn't mind. When looking for the master, he and Zitang didn't know how much they had suffered. Not to mention this wood house, I have also lived in a cave in the wild.
To him, this is really nothing.
But the old lady at home eats and drinks spicy food, and lives in a big bed with soft tents. If it weren't for the money this time, no one had suffered this pain.
Qingluan comforted the old lady, spread some straw on the ground and fell asleep.
But I can't sleep anyhow.
This is the family business bought when the master loses his memory.
Although it doesn't say how rich it is, it can still have a house and a roof to protect it from wind and rain.
Qing Luan grinned at this thought.
The master deserves to be the master, so capable everywhere.
But in just ten years, you can have such a family business.
If you put yourself aside, let alone family business, I am afraid that even eating and drinking will be a problem.
Qing Luan was thinking about it with joy, suddenly heard something outside, closed his eyes quickly, and snored.